BT Financial Group continues to honour its commitment to minimise the administrative burden for advisers at tax time by delivering more resources and faster delivery of investor statements through its Asgard and BT Wrap platforms.

Westpac Online Investing has launched Daily Share Tracker - an Australian-first feature which provides independent research and trading ideas based on a client's individual share portfolio and trading behaviour. The new service will be delivered to each client's inbox every day and will make it easier to track their investments.

From 1 July 2013, BT Protection Plans will be available through super accounts on Asgard platforms, ensuring customers and advisers have more choice and flexibility when accessing BT's market-leading life insurance products.

BT Financial Group has made a market-leading step towards supporting dealer groups and advisers in their Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) obligations after a major systems implementation for its Asgard and BT Wrap platforms.

BT Super for Life has launched a new online superannuation search, which allows new BT Super for Life customers to find their old superannuation accounts and combine them as part of their application - with only a couple of clicks.

BT is celebrating the second anniversary of its life insurance products' launch to the independent financial adviser market, growing at 36% per annum, measured by new premium growth - the fastest growing life insurance provider by market share, compared to major competitors. BT now provides life insurance cover to more than 800,000 Australians.

Almost a third of Australian households are living from pay cheque to pay cheque and an astonishing 17 per cent would struggle to find $500-$1000 to deal with an emergency, according to the BT Australian Financial Health Index.

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